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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I respectfully make the following comments.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am a .org registrant. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>--</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'><br><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Priyank Narvekar</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>, </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>B.Eng. MBA</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>MSc Computer Science - Class of 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Department of Computer Science | Faculty of Science<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Memorial University Of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL A1B1E2, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Tel : +1 (416) 346 3773 ( M )<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666'>Email : <a href="mailto:pnarvekar@mun.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1155CC'>pnarvekar@mun.ca</span></a><br> <a href="mailto:me@priyank.ca"><span style='color:#0563C1'>me@priyank.ca</span></a></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#595959'>Website : </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.priyank.ca"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.priyank.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyanknarvekar/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=17 style='width:.1666in;height:.177in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01D4FB50.E7BD10F0" alt="https://68ef2f69c7787d4078ac-7864ae55ba174c40683f10ab811d9167.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/linkedin-icon_square_16x16.png"></span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/priyanknarvekar"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=17 style='width:.1666in;height:.177in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.png@01D4FB50.E7BD10F0" alt="https://68ef2f69c7787d4078ac-7864ae55ba174c40683f10ab811d9167.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/facebook-icon_square_16x16.png"></span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/priyanknarvekar"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=17 style='width:.1666in;height:.177in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01D4FB50.E7BD10F0" alt="https://68ef2f69c7787d4078ac-7864ae55ba174c40683f10ab811d9167.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/twitter-icon_square_16x16.png"></span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cherry.and.me/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=17 style='width:.1666in;height:.177in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image004.png@01D4FB50.E7BD10F0" alt="https://68ef2f69c7787d4078ac-7864ae55ba174c40683f10ab811d9167.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/instagram-icon_square_16x16.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>